1) Injury before marriage: SP
2) Injury during marriage: CP
3) Injury after separation: SP, but community reimbursed for expenses paid because of injury
4) At divorce, CP damages awarded to injured spouse

Personal injury recovery against the other spouse

Always SP

Retirement pensions

CP to the extent right to benefits earned during marriage
1) "Time rule" used to apportion
2) Survives post-divorce death of either spouse
3) When pensionable spouse eligible to retire but does not, court may order payment to the non-employee spouse